Decision Workspace
rsomics-help vs rusty-figlet vs retrofont
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
57
rsomics-help
experimentalv0.3.1
Family-wide `--help` renderer for rsomics-* CLIs: figlet banner with gradient, section helpers, plain / JSON modes for AI consumers.
51
rusty-figlet
experimentalv0.3.0
Render ASCII-art banners from text — a Rust port of cmatsuoka's `figlet(6)` v2.2.5 with an in-house FIGfont 2.0 parser, all six horizontal smush rules + universal, 12 bundled `.flf` fonts via `include_bytes!`, terminal-width-aware layout, color/rainbow output, byte-equal Strict-mode upstream compatibility, and a typed library API. v0.2: feature layout reorganized — see CHANGELOG. v0.3: toilet feature parity — TLF parser, 10 filters, HTML/IRC/SVG export, truecolor — see CHANGELOG.
44
retrofont
experimentalv0.2.2
Retro terminal font toolkit: TDF/FIGlet parsing, rendering, conversion.
Core Metrics
| rsomics-help | rusty-figlet | retrofont | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 57 | 51 | 44 |
| Total Downloads | 730 | 24 | 551 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 162 | 0 | 18 |
| Releases | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 11d ago | today | 162d ago |
| Age | 11d | 1d | 6m |
Health Breakdown
rsomics-help
Maintenance
18
Quality
13
Community
11
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
rusty-figlet
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
retrofont
Maintenance
12
Quality
10
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| rsomics-help | rusty-figlet | retrofont | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.1 | 0.3.0 | 0.2.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 16 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 15KB | 241KB | 52KB |
| Features | 0 | 26 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 33.3% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.91 | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rsomics-help leads with a health score of 57/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •rsomics-help is depended on by 162 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.